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Our first main formal business event was hosted at WSP offices, Holborn from 6pm on Wednesday 25th March. Around 40 turned up to listen to Matteo Lissana (Client Account Manager, Stonewall), Thomas Andersen (Inclusive Networks), Mark Mackenzie OBE (TfL) and Andy Smith (BP) talk about their experiences of LGBT company networks. Matteo kicked off first and spoke about the work …

In The Hidden Engineers, Mark McBride-Wright reviews the alarming results of a new study conducted by the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) into ‘minority’ employees and what engineering firms must do to improve diversity and inclusion. Benefits include accessing a wider pool of talent for recruiting future engineers, and increased retention of the current workforce. Mark describes his experience to date as an …

For our April social drinks, we returned to Balls Brothers in central London on 9th April. The evening had a good turn out of about 15 engineers with members travelling from as far as Bristol! This shows commitment to the cause for some of the empowered engineers out there. It was great to welcome new members to reconnect with those …

Our first social drinks in February were a roaring success. Everyone sampled the offerings from Balls Brothers (yes, we note the ironic name), Bury Court. Situated at the bottom of the Gherkin in central London, the venue provided a great platform for networking with like-minded engineers in a convenient location for most to reach. Connections were made and new members …

At InterEngineering, we try to keep on top of what the industry is doing to promote and improve LGBT diversity and inclusion; and do the best we can to support these initiatives. Last week three prominent magazines in construction (including New Civil Engineer; the Institute of Civil Engineers’ official magazine) responded to criticism from Stonewall after no built environment companies …

Welcome to the first InterEngineering newsletter! InterEngineering is a new network, which was formed in 2014 aimed at connecting, informing and empowering LGBT Engineers. Every few months we’ll send you an update on our up-and-coming events, new campaigns and latest diversity resources. Up and Coming Events InterEngineering Social Drinks February 26 @ 6:00 PM – 11:00 PM, Balls Brothers (Bury Court) …

The ‘What’s it like’ campaign is the first of, hopefully, many run by InterEngineering as part of our ongoing remit to Connect, Inform and Empower lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender engineers, and their straight allies. At the very least, 2-3 people wonder what it’s like to be an LGBT engineer every day. This campaign aims to definitively answer the question …

It’s been a busy start to the year so far for InterEngineering, as we work to take on board the reams of feedback we received from you all during our first event last year. We’ll be publishing our key findings in our newsletter in February, however for those of you who would like to see the suggestions we collected: Events, …